A CASE OF FULMINANT MYOCARDITIS RESCUED : By Long-Term Percutaneous Cardiopulmonary Support

• Published in: JAPANESE CIRCULATION JOURNAL Vol. 58; no. 6; pp. 433 - 438
• Main Authors: MORISHIMA, ITSURO, SASSA, HIROMI, SONE, TAKAHITO, TSUBOI, HIDEYUKI, KONDO, JUNICHIRO, KOYAMA, TOMIO
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kyoto The Japanese Circulation Society 1994; Japanese Circulation Society
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Adult; Antithrombins - therapeutic use; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiac arrest; Cardiogenic shock; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Complement Inactivator Proteins - therapeutic use; Fulminant myocarditis; Guanidines - therapeutic use; Heart-Assist Devices; Human viral diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Myocarditis - drug therapy; Myocarditis - therapy; Oxygenators; Percutaneous cardiopulmonary support; Shock, Cardiogenic - drug therapy; Shock, Cardiogenic - therapy; Time Factors; Viral cardiopathies; Viral diseases; Adenoviridae; Picornaviridae; Cardiovascular disease; Enterovirus; Biology; Myocardial disease; Fulminant; Angiocardiography; Percutaneous route; Adenovirus 5; Human adenovirus; Heart disease; Coxsackievirus B4; Electrocardiography; Diagnosis; Human; Intensive cardiocirculatory care; Radiodiagnosis; Long term; Infection; Virus; Case study; Myocarditis; Pathology; Treatment; Cardiocirculatory assistance; Mastadenovirus; Hemodynamics
• ISSN: 0047-1828; 1347-4839
• DOI: 10.1253/jcj.58.433

We report the case of a 41-year-old man with acute fulminant myocarditis. The patient went into cardiac standstill immediately after admission and was placed on a percutaneous cardiopulmonary support system. The system remained in place for 302 h, after which the patient recovered from cardiogenic shock without complications and has returned to normal life.